Many scientists listen to music while conducting experiments, analysing data and even writing manuscripts. For example, the YouTube stream “Lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to” has nearly 12 million subscribers. There is also a seemingly infinite number of curated playlists to fit a listener’s mood or activity, claiming to help boost fitness performance, calm the mind or increase productivity. It would take someone until the twenty-seventh century to listen to the 100 million or so songs currently available on the streaming service Spotify - without ever listening to a song twice, or to whatever is added from now on. “You have an armada of music at your disposal at all times,” says Manuel Gonzalez, an organizational psychologist at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. When it comes to access to music, this is a golden age.
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